Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1891 — THE WORLD'S WHEAT CROP. [ARTICLE]

THE WORLD'S WHEAT CROP.

A Great Drain to be Made on the American Product. —*'7' The London Times of the 20th summarizes the harvest prospects of the world as follows: In Russia there is a grave deficit, the peasantry are starving and there is small hope of relief. In India there is serious anxiety; a famine prevails over a considerable portion of the country. Madras, Rajputana and the Punjale are the worst Sufferers. There is drought in Bengal, and the need of more rain is urgent. Bombay alone promises a good harvest. The American harvest will be good In quality and amount, but with the failure of the Indian and Russian supplies, it is of the utmost importance that the English crop shall not be short The prospect on the whole is good. In the chief wheat counties—Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk—the crop is above the average, and in other counties up to the average. Their harvest will be late, and prices will.be high. There is therefore a good outlook for the English farmer to break the long series of disastrous years. ,